果か報ほう

na-adjective, noun

good fortune; luck; happiness

General term for favorable outcomes or blessings, often used in set phrases like 果報者 (a lucky person).

• 彼かれは本ほん当とうに果か報ほうな人ひとだ。

  He is truly a fortunate person.

• 果か報ほうは寝ねて待まて。

  Good luck comes to those who wait (proverb).

na-adjective, noun

vipaka; karmic retribution

Buddhist term for the result or fruit of past actions (karma). Contrasts with 業 (ごう, karma).

See also: 業 (ごう)

• 仏ぶっ教きょうでは、善よい行おこないの果か報ほうは必かならず現あらわれると説とく。

  Buddhism teaches that the vipaka of good deeds will surely manifest.